Chapter Three: Teenage Games

During lunch, the gang, which now included Adrian and Charles since they were in their grade, all sat together. Since they knew that this was the only time they could all be together as a group, they all soaked up every minute of the fun. Well, at least fun for everyone else but Zidane, it seemed. . . The whole time, he had an odd feeling in the pit of his stomach, as if he had forgotten something. If so: what? Time to time, he would place his eyes upon Dagger, wanting to say something, but nothing really came out. What could he do? What could he say?

"Adrian!" Dagger exclaimed, whispering something in his ear. He laughed. Dagger smiled. It seemed as if she felt at home with the group. She couldn't really explain it.

"So, Ziddy, what do you want to do after school? Hang out at you house? Hang out at the mall? What?" Bre asked, putting her eyes upon him.

"Oh, I don't know. What do you want to do?" Zidane questioned Bre.

"Oh, hey, everyone! Why don't we all go to the mall and see a movie after school. We could also just like hang out at the mall!" Bre suggested to everyone.

Everybody nodded, well, except for Cinna. "I have to baby sit!"

"Again?" Marcus asked. He couldn't believe it. "What is up with this stuff, Dude? This is the third week in a row that you haven't be able to do anything!"

"I'm getting paid to do this!" Cinna exclaimed. "Heck, in another week I might actually be in the lifestyles of the rich and famous." Soon, Cinna, his usual self, drifted off the dreamland.

"Get real!" Zidane exclaimed to him, trying to sound like his usual happy self.

Dagger smiled, looking at Zidane. Then, she turned around, once again, whispering something in Adrian's ear. Again. He laughed.

Zidane rolled his eyes, turning to Bre, telling her something in her ear now.

Ruby never said a word through the whole lunch break. She just watched as everyone did their own thing. She had been familiar with this whole thing. It was a little something called teenage games.

Finally, the lunch period was over. They were all kind of relieved. Well, except for Dagger, who had Mathematics next. She wondered who else had it with her.

"Hey Dagger! Ready for Algebra?" Bre asked Dagger excitedly.

"You're in my class?" Asked Dagger, surprised.

"Yeah, I am! Ziddy boy told me that you had Math next period. That was why you kind of acted weird around the end of lunch." Bre explained.

"Great! So, see, I won't completely be alone!" Dagger said excitedly.

"Well, okay, umm, I need to get my stuff. But, I'll se you in class, okay? Buh-bye!" Bre said, skipping off happily.

Dagger sighed, leaving to get her stuff as well. As she slowly walked to her locker, someone approached her.

"Are you all right? Dagger?" It was Adrian. He had concern in his eyes.

"Hey, Adrian! Yea, I'm just fine. Why? What's up?" Dagger asked him, putting on a smile.

They got to their lockers before he could continue. Then, once they were done with getting their supplies, Dagger didn't let him continue. Instead, she simply said, "Well, I have to go to Algebra. But, meet up with me after school and we'll hangout. Oh, hey, maybe we could go over to your house. We could ask the others too!" She exclaimed. Then, Dagger disappeared off into the land of her most hated subjects – Math!

"Alrighty then! See ya later. . ." Adrian said under his breath as he headed for his next class as well.

About thirty minutes in Math class, Dagger got a note. It was from Bre. So, when the teacher wasn't looking, she opened it, staring down at what it said.

Dagger,
Hey, what's up? It doesn't seem like you and I are friends. Well, maybe to you, but not to me. It doesn't seem as though we are on very steady grounds. So, I was doing some thinking at my locker and then I decided that maybe we could go to your house! That would be fun, right? Just the two of us could hang out and have a little fun just talking! You know what I mean? So, just let me know if you want to! See you later then!

Bre

Dagger thought a moment. Then, she shot a smile at Bre, which meant sure. But, she was forgetting one thing: Adrian. Would he be okay with her delaying the hangout? Well, who knows? Dagger would just have to see.

So, the rest of the class was so easy to get through. They just had to listen to the teacher talk about whatever she could think of. That was the advantage of having Mathematics as the last class of the day. The teacher was always so easy going because he or she could not wait to get home.

It was surprising how fast the class seemed to pass. Well, at least it seemed to pass by fast for Dagger. Once they were out, though, Dagger and Bree walked through the crowded hallways. But, then, Dagger met up with Adrian.

"Hey, Dagger, are we still gonna hang out?" Adrian asked, glancing at Bre, who just smiled dumbly.

"Oh my goodness, Adrian! I am so sorry. I promise, we'll hang out tomorrow! I'm sorry. I just forgot. You know?" Dagger smiled innocently as she said that.

"Yea, yea. . . That's fine. I have to get home, Dagger! I guess I'll see you tomorrow! I have to go, or I'll miss the bus. Bye!" Adrian exclaimed, making his way through the crowd.

"You and Adrian?" Bre asked, smirking at her. "Are you two an item?"

"No! We just met today, Bre! In addition, I'm sure that he doesn't like me in that way!" Dagger explained.

"But do you?" Bre asked, staring up at her. "You never said that you didn't."

"I don't know! Besides, why do you even care if I do, Bre? Do. . . you like him?" Asked Dagger interested.

"ME? I can't stand him! He is so. . . dark! Scary, he is. . . definitely!" Bre squealed as she said that. She swore she could see him so clearly. She could se his tall, slender figure.

"Bre! He is not scary! He's just. . . you know, a little different," Dagger stated, feeling confident about her answer. "He's just not like all the ordinary kids you see."

"You know what I think? I think you like him!" Bre exclaimed happily. Then, she started walking backwards. "You like him! You like him!" She chanted excitedly.

"Like who?" said a familiar male voice of the person Bre had ran into.

"Umm. . . Uh. . ." Bre was absolutely speechless as she turned around and spotted the blonde haired boy.

"Zidane! Well, Bre was talking. . . about, uh, celebrity crushes." Dagger managed to let escape from her mouth. She looked sort of nervous as she nodded her head repeatedly.

"Huh. . ." Zidane replied in deep thought. "So, what are you girls doing?"

"Well, we were about to head to my house to have a little fun," Dagger answered, relieved to get out of that tight spot.

Bre just nodded. Then said, "Yep! Her house!"

"Right." Zidane said, nodding. "So, have either of you seen Rubes?"

Dagger looked at him dumbfounded. But Bre just replied with, "She isn't with you or your buds?"

"Well, as you can see, she ain't with me. And when I asked my friends, they said they hadn't seen her." Zidane replied dully.

"Odd. Well, we want to help you, but we have to catch a bus." Bre said, smiling. "Right, Dagger?" Softly, Bre nudged her.

"Sure," Dagger smiled, as she said that.

So, as Bre pulled Dagger away, Zidane walked off. He thought that was a bit odd, going off so suddenly. But, Bre was too innocent to do anything – no matter what anyone said. And Dagger – she was confused most of the time.

Bre had pulled Dagger around the corner and put her hand over her mouth. "Shh. . . Don't say a word. C'mon!" Bre's voice was a mere whisper.

Dagger did as she said as they ran out of the building and left the school grounds, careful not to be seen by anyone who were friends of Zidane and anyone else, except for people who didn't care about them. Well, at least Bre was since she had known Zidane and his friends so long.

"Where are we going, Bre?" Dagger asked, a bit panicked because of their trip to who-knows-where.

"Okay, we are heading to the park." Bre answered.

"Why, Bre? Why is it such a secret to go to the park?" Dagger asked.

"You'll see, Dagger. . ." Bre smirked.

Dagger winced in pain as Bre dragged her around like a little rag doll. For such a small person, she was so strong. Dagger couldn't help but swear under her breath from all the pain.

"BRE!! Over here!" Someone yelled. That someone was a girl with long radiant red hair and green emerald eyes.

"I'm coming!" Bre called back.

"Who is that?" asked Dagger.

"'That' is Lola." The girl with red hair answered. She wore tight black flares and a black tank top, along with a red and blue tie. She had a lower lip piercing along with many other earrings traveling up her ears.

"Hey! What's up? How've you been, Gurl?" Bre asked.

"Excelente! You?" Lola questioned.

"Same!" Bre exclaimed.

"So, is this the new girl?" Lola asked, circling her, just like Bre had done.

"Yep!" Bre exclaimed.

"Eh? She doesn't look bad. . ." Lola replied.

"I can guarantee this isn't from her closet. She stayed with Ruby. So, this must've come from her closet. I mean those are my pants." Bre informed her friend.

"I see. Well, there isn't a lot of time to waste is there?" Questioned Bre's friend.

Before Dagger knew it, they were dragging her somewhere else. On their way, they discussed a lot of things. Dagger found out a bunch of stuff about the two girls.

It turns out that Bre used to hang with preps because she was a pretty little rich girl. Then. She met Lola, who used to got to that school and was turned into a punk/Goth. Lola got transferred when she finally reached the end of her detention slips. Finally, they arrived.

"The mall? Really?" Dagger questioned, a bit mad.

"Well, not just the mall. We are going to the best store: Hot Topic!" Lola announced. Let's also throw the long good girl hair away. We wanna cut it. That'll add some flare to you."

"My hair?!" Dagger couln't believe what she was hearing! They were saying all these weird things. And what was srong with her hair? She loved it! But, she thought that with everything they did that it wouldn't exactly be a good idea to make either of them mad.

"Yep! Let's go. . ." Bre answered happily.

Dagger nodded, keeping her head down. After hearing everything, it was hard to refuse. In addition, this Treno place did seem like an awfully dangerous place. So, instead of refusing to anything, she just nodded, following along.

They made their way through the mall, trying to find the place Lola and Bre were so excited to find. For a few minutes they were all just traveling around. But, once they did get together, they reunited.

"So? What shall we look at?" Bre asked, confused.

"Trust me." Then she turned from her friend to Dagger. "You see Dagger, when Bre told me about your situation, we were just talking. But I. . . I think we can do a whole lot more damage than that!"

A/N: Okay, sorry I didn't update. I've been busy enjoying my b-day week. As of the 21 of June I am finally sweet fourteen. SAY HAPPY BIRTHDAY!! Plus, I've been kind of sick so I haven't felt like getting off my lazy butt and getting the laptop. So, what did everyone think? Well, I have to go, so, until chapter four. Adieu (or however you spell it!).